APIIC chairperson and Nagiri MLA Roja is always first to rebuke Nara Lokesh to the core. Coming down heavily on Lokesh over his one-day deeksha on the sand crisis in Andhra Pradesh, Roja has dubbed it as ‘Diet Deeksha’. She lamented that Lokesh did the Deeksha as part of his dieting.
Government Whip and YCP MLA Gadikota Srikanth Reddy too called Lokesh’s Deeksha as Donga Deeksha which he has done for his diet. Srikanth said Lokesh and TDP leaders’ Deeksha does not have sanctity.
The comments came on the day when Telugu Desam Party leaders staged a Deeksha in protest against non-availability of sand in AP. TDP leaders have criticized Jagan administration for badly messing up with sand issue leading to a huge crisis in construction industry. TDP leaders allege Jagan administration behind the shifting of sand from AP to neighbouring states Telangana, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu.
Opposition leaders went onto blame YCP government for the suicides of construction workers who left jobless with the stalling of construction projects in and around capital city and other districts of the state.
Blaming Jagan for sand scarcity, Lokesh alleged Jagan government of selling sand in kilograms and hiking the prices.